Instant Pot Chicken Burrito Bowl

This recipe for Instant Pot Chicken Burrito Bowl is packed with flavor and so easy to make. Boneless, skinless chicken breast, Mexican rice, black beans, and tomatoes with Mexican spices. It’s so delicious and the best part is, everything cooks right in the Instant Pot. This better-than-take-out burrito bowl is going to become a family favorite.

For this recipe, I used the Non Stick Instant Pot Inner Cooking Pot for the 6 QT slow cooker. Currently it looks to be out of stock on Amazon but in stock on the Instant Pot website.

I started by browning the chicken on the Saute function set to More (which is the high heat). Just brown the chicken to give added flavor. It doesn’t need to cook through since it will continue cooking in the Instant Pot. There isn’t a lot of surface area for browning in the Instant Pot, so I recommend browning the chicken in two batches.

Lock Instant Pot lid in place and set to Manual, High Pressure for 7 minutes. It will take about 15 minutes to come to pressure, then countdown from 7. Use Quick Pressure Release, and once pressure pin drops, open Instant Pot and fluff Chicken Burrito Bowl with fork.

Top with cheese and recover with lid just to let cheese melt. Top with your favorite toppings. I love fresh tomatoes, green onions, avocado and sour cream.

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Just got my Instant Pot and this was my second recipe I’ve made in it. This was delicious and easy (and healthy?) – a big hit with my family. I served it in corn tortilla boats with various garnish on the side. Had one question about step 1 in the instructions – “Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to Instant Pot and hit Saute button, then hit adjust button to set to More.” – – “More” doesn’t do anything on my Instant Pot except increase time but there was no reference in the instructions on how long (in minutes) to Saute. It all worked out – and as mentioned, was delicious. Will make this again. Happy to have discovered this recipe and your blog!

You leave the lid off and watch the chicken as it browns. Remove when there’s a nice color to the pieces but don’t fully cook. This is same as browning in a skillet. I sauteed my pieces for about 3 minutes, flipping as they browned.

I did it with brown rice tonight – I needed to cycle it three times to actually cook the rice! [3 x 7 minutes of pressure]. We haven’t eaten it yet – needed to feed the little one something else so she could go to bed, so we will eat it tomorrow.

If we like it, I would probably do 15 minutes at pressure and a slow release?

This was a big hit with my family. We ate it with some tortilla chips on the side. I couldn’t find canned fire roasted tomatoes so I used a can of Rotel and it worked great. Only tweaks I will make next time is I will either add chopped jalapeno or a few chopped chipotle peppers with the onion to make it a little spicy and maybe add a handful of frozen corn and some chopped cilantro. Great dish!

I love this recipe. I have made it multiple times using chicken and beef. knight I thawed out pork instead chicken. That’ll teach me to pull meat from the freezer at 3am. Anyway we are having pork burrito bowls tonight for supper.

I don’t normally leave replies on recipes, but this was so good I had to come back. I added fresh garlic and a chopped pepper, but other than that I made the recipe as written. I don’t even like Mexican food and this was fantastic! I’m making it again tonight and adding a can of corn. It’s definitely a hit in my house!

I’m going to try this recipe this week, except use beef instead of chicken, for Mr Picky (my hubby) who doesn’t like chicken. I know, I know….who doesn’t like chicken??? 🙂 Will let you know how it works out. I’m excited to try it. Thanks!